Curtain fitting



March 15, 1949. P. J. LYNN CURTAIN FITTING Filed June 12, 1947 InventorPERCY J. LYNN Atlorney Patented Mar. 15, 1949 CURTAIN FITTING Percy JohnLynn, London, England Application June 12, 1947, Serial No. 754,109

- In Great Britain August 9, 1946 2 Claims. (01. 248-261) This inventionrelates .to means for supporting curtain rods and like articles and hasfor its object to provide a simple and inexpensive device or fittingwhereby such articles may not only be readily put into and taken out ofposition but such position may be as readily altered or adjusted byrelatively small steps.

With this object in view and in accordance with the present invention,means for supporting a curtain rod or like article comprise a fixedportion and a moveable portion each formed with correspondingcorrugations or the like said moveable portion being adapted to engage,on the one hand, with said fixed portion by means of the interengagementof said corrugations or the like and, on the other hand, With thecurtain rod or the like, resilient means being provided for maintainingsaid interengagement.

Preferably the means for maintaining the corrugations in engagementconsist of a spring clip carried by one of said portions and adapted toembrace the other so as to restrain movement of said moveable portion ina direction perpendicular to the general plane of the corrugatedsurface.

If desired, both the fixed and the moveable portions may be formed fromsheet material (e. g. aluminum) one part of the moveable portion beingfolded upon itself and crimped or corrugated so as to be capable ofengaging resiliently with the fixed portion while the remainder of themoveable portion is formed, e. g. with a socket or as a spiggot so as tobe adapted to engage with the end of the curtain rod, according as towhether said rod is of solid or tubular cross-section.

The invention will be described with reference to the accompanyingdrawings of which Figures 1, 2 and 3 are respectively a front elevation,a side elevation and a plan of one form of the device while Figures 4and 5 are respectively exploded plan and side elevation views of amodification of the device.

As shown in the drawings, the fixed portion of the device is formed froma substantially rectangular strip of sheet material (e. g. aluminum) themajor portion a of which is crimped to form corrugations such as I)while the remainder of the strip is bent at right angles to the majorportion a and to the length of the corrugations b so as to constitute abase 0 which is pierced by holes d for the reception of fixing screws.It is to be understood, however, that the base 0 may be bent otherwisethan at right angles accordin to the position in which the fitting is tobe used.

As shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3, the moveable portion is formed frommaterial similar to that of the fixed portion but one part is foldedupon itself as at e and the two parallel adjacent parts are crimped asat f and g so that they are capable of embracing the crimped portion aof the fixed portion of the fitting, the natural resilience of thematerial causing the part a. to be gripped between the parts I and 9. Anextension of the material of the folded portion ,f, g, is bent back atright angles to the adjacent portion as at h and bent so as to form atubular socket 1' for the reception of a round curtain rod such as it.

As shown in Figures 4 and 5, the fixed portion a, c, is similar to thatdescribed with reference to Figures 1, 2 and 3 while the moveableportion is made by folding a strip of sheet material upon itself as at mand bending the folded parts at right angles at a point 12intermediately of their length. The outer ends 0 and p of the moveableportion are crimped in a manner similar to the previously describedparts 1 and 9 so that the crimped part a of the fixed portion may beembraced thereby and the corrugations b be engaged by the corrugationsof the parts 0, p.

The inner end portion of the strip adjacent to the fold m may constituteor be formed as a spiggot q and be adapted to engage within an end of atubular curtain rod 1' which, in the present example, is formed fromsheet metal in' oval, G-shaped, cross-section.

It will be appreciated that the fixed portion of the fitting may be ofany convenient or appropriate length and/or depth according to thedegree of adjustment which may be required and that, while the inventionhas been described with reference to a fixed portion having a singlecorrugated portion 0. adapted to be embraced between a pair ofcorrugated portions such as f, g, the arrangement may be reversed sothat the fixed portion is formed with a pair of corrugated parts betweenwhich a single corrugated part of the moveable portion may be inserted.

Furthermore, while the invention has been described with reference to asheet metal construction to which it is particularly applicable, it willbe realised that the parts may also be moulded or otherwise formedeither from metal or from a mouldable plastic; in which latter case someform of internal reinforcement may be included in the usual manner.

I claim:

1. An adjustable device for supporting a curtain rod or the like, whichdevice comprises, in combination, a bracket for fixture to a surface anda rod supporting member removably attachable to said bracket, saidbracket having a portion extending therefrom which is transverselycorrugated throughout its length, and said member including a U-shapedclip for straddling and clamping to said corrugated portion, the arms ofsaid clip being correspondingly corrugated to mesh with the corrugationsof said bracket portion, whereby said clip may be selectively fixed tosaid bracket portion along its length.

2. An adjustable device for supporting a curtain rod or the like, whichdevice comprises an angle bracket including an arm for fixture to asurface and a free arm for supporting the rod, the

free arm being corrugated perpendicularly to the angle of said bracketand throughout its length,

in combination with a rod supporting member ineluding a U-shaped clipfor straddling and clamping to said corrugated arm, the arms of saidclip being longitudinally corrugated with the corrugations thereofcorresponding to each other and to those of the bracket arm so that theyinterfittingly mesh when said clip is attached to said bracket arm,whereby said clip may be selectively fixed to said bracket arm along itslength.

PERCY JOHN LYNN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,240,863 Lyda Sept. 25, 19172,105,482 Johnson Jan. 18, 1938

